Fire breaks out near rooftop standoff arrest

A major fire starts just a few hundred metres from the scene of today’s rooftop protest. Arson is suspected.

Flames tear across the front of a flat on the Corner of Rutland Street and Wellington Street (Image: Duncan Young - Grimsby News and Pictures)

21:15

Woman chases after police van

As the police van was being driven away from Rutland Street it was pursued by an agitated woman shouting “I love you, I love you”.

21:14

How it happened

Police were seen widening their cordon around Tunnard Street and while this was happening the suspect was seen climbing down from the roof into a nearby garden. There he was detained by waiting police, handcuffed and taken to a nearby police van.

21:12

Arrest!

Police have arrested the man after he clambered down from the roof

21:04

We understand police are waiting for the man to surrender voluntarily and have allowed members of his family to talk to him on the roof. He was seen to come down to a lower level close to police officers but they did not make an attempt to seize him.

19:17

Down a level

The man has come down onto a lower roof but appears to spit at officers below

18:57

Man hurling slates at police

Taken just a few minutes ago before he broke through into the roof of one of the houses

The man hurls a slate of a roof in Rutland Street towards police below (Image: Duncan Young -Grimsby News and Pictures)

18:53

Man smashes through roof

The man has smashed his way through the roof into one of the terraced houses. Police are responding

18:28

Rooftop man becomes more aggressive

The man on the roof has started ripping tiles from the roof and throwing them towards police below. Several tiles have been taken off the roof and thrown at police. Reporter Peter Craig says: “He has moved on to the apex of the roof. He is taunting officers telling them to go home.”

18:12

Update - roofman resting

Latest from our reporter: “The suspect on the roof has laid back with his head resting on his hands. He looks as if he is resting on the flat roof at the rear of the Rutland Street property.”

17:34

Armed officers in Rutland Street

Armed Police at the scene in Rutland Street where a wanted man is on a roof (Image: Duncan Young - Grimsby News and Pictures)

17:22

First picture of man on rooftop

This is the man at the centre of the incident in Rutland Street. He is seen on the roof of a terraced house where he is surrounded by police.

A man on the roof in Rutland Street during a major police incident (Image: Duncan Young - Grimsby News and Pictures)

17:18

Armed police

A team of armed police officers has arrived at the rooftop stand-off in Rutland Street. The incident has now been on-going for more than two hours.

16:57

Second negotiator brought in

A second police negotiator has arrived at the scene. One frustrated resident said: “It’s a waste of police time.”

16:31

False reports of injuries but knife recovered at scene

Police have taken a knife from the scene of the siege. There have been NO injuries reported, despite claims on social media. An eyewitness said she had seen the man on the roof carrying a knife. Trained negotiators convinced him to surrender the knife. the witness said “It is frightening down here. I want to leave.”

16:25

'Stay away' say police

A police spokeswoman added: “We would appeal for people to avoid the area so that we can minimise disruption and bring the incident to a safe conclusion as quickly as possible.”

16:24

Police issue statement on Rutland Street incident

Police have issued a statement on the incident: “We are in attendance at a property on Rutland Street in Grimsby, where a man has taken to the roof.

“We were called at shortly before 3pm today and specialist negotiators are currently working with the man in an effort to bring him down safely. A cordon is in place to protect the safety of residents, the man and all our teams.”

16:18

Police seal off front and rear of house

Police at the scene in Rutland Street where a man is on the roof of a house (Image: Duncan Young -Grimsby News and Pictures)

16:16

Man on roof being talked to by police

Police are talking to the man who is on the roof of a two storey terraced house in Rutland Street

16:12

Police vans in Rutland Street and street cordoned off

Police in Rutland Street in Grimsby after a man went onto a roof (Image: Duncan Young - Grimsby News and Pictures)

16:08

Knife involved

Witnesses say a knife has been involved in the incident. One said: “We heard there was a big carving knife involved. That probably explains why all the police here. It’s more serious than we thought”.

16:06

Roof man identified by police

The man on the roof is reported to be known to police and in his early 20s

16:00

More police arrive

At least eight police cars and vans at scene

Police at the scene in Rutland st, Grimsby after reports that a man is on the roof (Image: Duncan Young -Grimsby News and Pictures)

15:42

Incident 'followed girl's arrest'

There are claims tensions in the area grew after the arrest of a teenage girl earlier today

15:41

Man on roof

Witnesses said one man is currently on a roof in Rutland Street with police at the scene